[It takes him a while to respond. He knows only too well of destroyed civilisations, of losing everything, all to defend something that was nearly lost as well. But he's a creature of hope, it's his gift and his burden, it's something he can never lose. Never AGAIN, anyway.]

Planting a new tree isn't the same as defending this one, if it's even possible. This might be the only one we got, and if we give up on it now, we might lose even more than we realised.

You're right, though. There's nothing glorious about war. But sometimes, it's got to be fought all the same.